Cigar-holder



(No Model.)

B. PROMIS. CIGAR HOLDER.

No. 461,592. Patented Oct. 20, 189 1.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE EUGENE PROMIS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CIGAR-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 461,592, dated October 20, 1891.

Application filed April 21, 1891. Serial No.389 853. (No model.)

To all who? 2, it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE PROMIS, of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have inventedcertaiu new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Holders, of which the following is a specification, due reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my in veution,aud in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a holder embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view with a cigar in place; and Fig. 3 is a side elevational view of the holder, showing means for attaching the same to a garment of the person using it.

My invention relates generally to cigarholding devices, and has for its object the provision of a device adapted to hold a cigar other than in the hand or mouth during such time as said members are otherwise employed or when not desired for use, and yet have the cigar at all times readily accessible for use; and to the end sought it consists of the novel features of construction-hereinafterdescribed, and pointed out in the claim.

Referringto the drawings, in which the several parts are indicated by numerals, similar numerals denoting like parts, 1 is the back or wall plate of my device, which is preferably trough or U shaped and constructed of metal, asbestus, or other fire-proof material, and at one end is provided with a hood or protector 2, projecting at right angles therewith, for a purpose presently made clear. In construction I prefer to form these two elements as a whole.

A cigar-holding bight3 is soldered, riveted, or otherwise suitably mounted on the plate 1 at or near the end opposite to its hood 2. This bight I prefer to construct of resilient material to the form shown in the several figures of the drawing, in which the bight is represented as wider at its bight 3 than at its mouth 3, and should at its bight be of breadth about correspondent to the thickness of a cigar. A pin 4, or such other means as may be employed for. attaching the holder as such to the person or the garment of the person using the same, is located on the back of the plate 1, and 5 is a catch or stay for the same.

From the foregoing description its use is apparent, and such a holder provides a ready means to smokers of conveniently disposing of a cigar, whether lighted or not, during the time it is not desired for use, and yet have it at all times accessible for use, the hood 2 serving to break the column of smoke emitted from a lighted cigar while in the holder and divert it from arising in a direct manner to the face of the person using the same.

I claim The cigar-holder described and shown, consisting of a substantially flat back-plate provided at one end with a hood or protector extending at right angles to the plate, a cigarholding bight mounted at the opposite end and consisting of a strip of resilient metal bent or shaped to be wider at its bight than at its mouth, and means on the back of said plate for attaching the device to the garments of the user, as set forth.

In testimony whereofI have hereuntosigned my name this 11th day of December, A. D,

EUGENE PROMIS.

In presence of.

W. ALEX. ROBINSON, JOHN J OLLEY, Jr. 

